#toimetus

#Hiiu-Suurtüki (Hiiu-Suurtükk)
#Tallinn #Nõmme #Hiiu
#Hiiu #cannon. Big gun. Follow me on this one... For years, the street lived as blameless an existence a thoroughfare called ‘Cannon’ could live. Then came the annus mirabilis of Tallinn toponymy when, one warm 2nd July 1987, a wave of
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cannons set up by for #PeterTheGreat’s #NavalFortress (see #VabadusePuiestee). To solve matters, this one was cropped to #Tüki (if #Suurtükk is a cannon, is #Tükk just a can?). Actually, it means ‘piece’, ‘bit’, ‘lump’ (of diverse varieties) or ‘fragment’, and ‘piece’ is also a piece of weaponry
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#Suurtüki (Suurtükk)
Cannon. Big gun. #SovietOccupation renaming along with #Kotzebue (1960-1987): #Käsperti J..
#Renaming #Ümbernimetamine
#Military #Sõjaline
#TallinnStreets #TallinnaTänavad

#eBooks : Suurtükiväe-eeskiri IV osa: rakendatud suurtükk ja patarei, 1935 (https://hdl.handle.net/10062/94998)